Monmouth's Schulte, Detroit Mercy's Hayes & Quinnipiac's Tomsik Earn MAAC Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards
Offensive Player of the Week
Dylan Schulte, Monmouth
R-Sr., Midfield, Southampton, NJ/ Seneca/Bridgeton Academy
Redshirt senior midfielder Dylan Schulte led Monmouth with a career-high four goals and also had an assist as the Hawks knocked off Canisius, 13-12 to earn the No. 3 seed in the MAAC Championship. Schulte has seven goals over his last two games and is now fourth on the team with 16 goals on the season. Ten of Schulte’s 16 goals this season have come against MAAC opponents.
Defensive Player of the Week
Charlie Hayes, Detroit Mercy
Sr., Midfield, Shelby Township, MI/Eisenhower
Hayes led the Titan defense in allowing just six goals in a 12-6 victory over Cleveland State, which also gave the Titans their school-record fourth-straight win and record-tying eighth win in program history. He posted four caused turnovers and picked up eight ground balls and also scored two goals from his defensive midfield position. He came into the game seventh in the nation with 2.15 caused turnovers per game.
Rookie of the Week
Jake Tomsik, Quinnipiac
Fr., Attack, Medway, MA/Medway
Tomsik had a season-high five goals to help the Bobcats to a 17-14 win over Marist and the outright MAAC regular season title. He finished the regular season with 26 goals and 17 assists placing second on the Bobcats in goals and points, and first in assists.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.